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12.11.1774
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Deed of Restriction (Copy)by the Duchess Dowager in favour of her son John, Duke of Atholl. (By this she handed over, wiht a few minor exceptions all her rights to the Atholl revenues and estates etc. retaining for herself only the Irish annuity |
| AP_X43_2 |
14.2.1780
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Memorial from Duke to Treasury praying that an Act may be passed to explain and amend the Revestment Act that the Manorial Courts in the Island may be established and their powers ascertained,so that through them the Duke may enjoy his rights. (Copy) |
| AP_X43_3 |
6.3.1780
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Report (1st) by Attorney-Gen,. and Sollicitor.-General, to the Treasury. They agree,in principal,that the Act prayed for above should be passed, but not before it has been published in the I.O.M., and revised by the Manx Att.-Gen,. |
| AP_X43_4 | Copy of AP_X43_3 | |
| AP_X43_5 |
17.4.1780
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Opinion of the Att,-Gen. (British) on the Duke's case. |
| AP_X43_6 |
30.4.1780
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Report (2nd) by Att.-Gen, and Sollicitor.-Gen. to Treasury. Says that
having had reports,and examined witnesses from the Island,and heard Counsel
on behalf of both the Duke and the Keys,they find that:- The Herring Custom
(or Castle Maze), The Salmon Fisheries, Flotsam & Jetsam, Treasure Trove,
Derelict Lands, Seaweed belong to the Duke. whereas Boon Services are doubtful,but the Duke should be given the right to eclaim them through the Manx Courts, and Game rights should be settled by the Manx Legislature. other points touched on are Courts Baron,recovery of rents,Custody of Records,Licences for Fairs and Markets, Erecting of Mills, Alieniation Fines and the need for the Duke to be given notice before the passing of any Act by the Manx Legislature. |
| AP_X43_7 |
-.11.1780
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Recites the history of the Island from the earliest times;the regal rights of its Lords,the Revestment to overcome an estimated annual loss of £350,000 in Duties;argues that the £70,000 paid was much too little,seing based on figures which - owing to lack of supervision over corrupt officials in the past - were but a third of what they should have been. Points out the difficulties arising from a partial sale (i.e only such rights as affected smuggling,and not manorial rights) and how,in the disputes whigh consequently arose the Duke, seing much hurt by the sale he had been forced to make and having few offices left in his gift with which to reward his agents the latter came to look to the Crown for reward and did not uphold the Duke's rights as they should have done, Thus the Duke has gradually lost even the sources of income left to him by the Revestment Act and now enjoys only, the quit rents and alienation fines of their tenants and the rents from their private property. Going on to detail conditions now existing which make the Island exhibit "a picture of disorder and wretchedness" which Governors with no special interest in the Island do little to improve it suggests that the Duke and his descendants should be appointed hereditary Governors,subordinate to the Crown. (There is no indication of the authorship of this excellent literary effort of twenty closely- written foolscap pages in which the cases of the IVth Duke is so well set out. NM.) |
| AP_X43_8 |
4.9.1788
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Letter from T.A.Strange (Lincoln's Inn) to ? containing lengthy legal arguments with regard to the Revestment. |
| AP_X43_9 |
1.4.1790
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Statement (Printed) of the Customs Revenue (Receipts and Expenditure) of the I.O.M. for 1765 to 1784. |
| AP_X43_10 |
n.d.
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Memorandum No.1. (Printed) to show that the British Govt. was itself responsible for the loss of Revenue which occasioned the Revestment. |
| AP_X43_11 |
n.d.
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House of Keys (Printed) How ejected; character as given by the Inhabitants; Commissioners' opinion of; composition of - showing relationships. |
| AP_X43_12 | - copy of AP_X43_2. | |
| AP_X43_13 |
-.-.1780
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Memorial from Duke to Treasury,in reply to No. 3 above. |
| AP_X43_14 |
-.-.1790
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Report of the Select Committee on the Duke's petition. |
| AP_X43_15 | - copy of AP_X43_14 | |
| AP_X43_16 | - copy of AP_X43_13 . | |
| AP_X43_17 | - copy of AP_X43_13. | |
| AP_X43_18 | - copy of AP_X43_13 . | |
| AP_X43_19 |
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Petition of Duke to Commons praying that a Bill may be brought before the House to appoint Commissioners to decide what Rights should remain in the Crown and to what extent the Rights remaining to him have been diminished. |
| AP_X43_20 |
20.6.1801
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Petition from Duke to King in Council (Printed) |
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